Photos by Isidra Person-Lynn, Lorenzo Edwards and Chris Hall

To read the poem by Oluwatosin Williams, click the Page

A Beautiful Umoja Semester

at the right, as well as the prose tribute to English 28

Farewell to the first Year of English 21/28

also at right by their grateful instructor.

Dr. Banday addresses the masculine population of Umoja.

If you ever feel lonely, click here to see a familiar face!

It is a link to our galleries of photos from Fall and Spring.   Set it to slide show and enjoy!

Umoja Faculty (from left): Isidra Person-Lynn, English 21 and 28; Clare Norris, English 101; Kaci Sewell, Speech 101; Li Lei, Math 118 and Dr. Patricia Banday, Personal Development 5 and 20.  Not pictured: Tim Russell, Math 105 and 110.

He's the dad from the Moesha show!

In this session, we will explain everything to you and introduce the Umoja Village so you will begin to know who is who.  You will then go to your respective classrooms and continue your class time. All afternoon classes will meet as scheduled.

Tell your classmates or come prepared to meet some interesting new colleagues.

Topics we will over:

• Why Umoja Exists: an Africentric Curriculum
• Educational Goals
• Introduction of teaching staff and administrators
• Tutors
• Financial Aid
• Expectations
• Last semester review

Keeping in touch electronically: Whenever Umoja has an announcement we will email and sometimes call you but many of you do not check regularly.  We use this blog so that you will have a place online to return to that will update you on Umoja activities.

We welcome you wholeheartedly.  Our goal is to get you so excited about learning that soon you will be sitting on that field under a square hat with a tassel hanging to one side.  It will happen!  Let’s work on your dreams together!

Umoja Office Number: (310) 287-4462.

Umoja!

Signed,

Staff and Faculty